- From: Joseph Reagle <reagle@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:38:34 -0400
- To: dsig <w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org>
- Cc: "Peter Tornberg" <tberg@x-obi.com>, Brian <bal@microsoft.com>
The XMLDSIG spec Proposed Recommendation period ended a bit back, and I think we successfully addressed the critical question of default validity processing [1]. Once we have an indication from the IESG for advancement, we're finally there! To the questions of the X509 structure [2] and Reference URI [3], Don and I are trying to push the process such that we can go to REC and Draft Standard ASAP. Consequently, we don't plan to make any more changes that will delay that unless it's of a critical level -- and even then W3C colleagues suggest that such issues could addressed in an erratum or XMLDSIG 1.1 . To speak more substantively to those two issues. Schema Global Structures: We did rewrite the schema to make more elements and types usable in February [4] and the present dicussion would have been of use back then, but I'm presently afraid to introduce these changes because of delay and/or bugs. Also, I do believe there are schema tricks whereby someone can "redefine" [5] the xmldsig schema to one where those are global. Elided URI attributes: I'm sure we had our good reasons when we did it a few years ago, and we might now reconsider given all of our experience, but again, unfortunately, we didn't consider the quesetion during CR and I'm not keen to go back in order to consider changing the behaviour of multiple absent Reference URIs. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-ietf-xmldsig/2001JulSep/0267.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-ietf-xmldsig/2001JulSep/0239.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-ietf-xmldsig/2001OctDec/0016.html [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-ietf-xmldsig/2001JanMar/0101.html [5] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#modify-schema -- Joseph Reagle Jr. http://www.w3.org/People/Reagle/ W3C Policy Analyst mailto:reagle@w3.org IETF/W3C XML-Signature Co-Chair http://www.w3.org/Signature W3C XML Encryption Chair http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/
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